According to UN statistics, South Africa, of all African regions today, has the highest percentage of children who are given greater access to education at the primary level. Children attending school at the primary level go from 96% to 70% at the secondary level, then on to a drastic drop of 7% participation at the college level. Unfortunately participation for girls and women come in less numbers than these UN statistics show as many girls are kept from school to work and many girls marry and are encouraged to give up their education to have children.
Amanda Maldonado on 24 Jan 12This article shows how young people, even infants are victims of rape. The amount of raped victims has increased rapidly in South Africa. There is a myth that causes man to rape kids, and that myth has increased the percent of victims. The article refers to different points, about how the victims live in fear, also it compares the rape statistics in the United States to the ones in Africa.
